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  • Vic Gundotra, Google Engineering vice president and developer evangelist, (pictured centre) told the  Mobilebeat conference in  San Francisco on Thursday that the web had won and users of mobile phones would get their information and entertainment from browsers in future.


    He claimed that even Google was not rich enough to support all of the different mobile platforms from Apple’s AppStore to those of the BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Android and the many variations of the Nokia platform.

  • Mr Gundotra pointed out that the latest version of the Safari Webkit-based browser on the iPhone allowed positioning technology on the phone to be used - Google’s home page can now display where users are located.

  • Mr Gundotra said even Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, had said “Build for the web,” when the iPhone was launched, but the idea had met with resistance from developers at the time.


    The timing was not right, he suggested, but “the rate of innovation in the browser [over the past 12 months] is surprising.”


    “I think Steve really did understand that, over the long term, it would be the web, and I think that’s how things will play out.”

This link has been bookmarked by 5 people . It was first bookmarked on 17 Jul 2009, by Joel Liu.

  • 31 Jul 09
    rgardler
    Ross Gardler

    The future of mobile applications is the browser according to Google.

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  • 20 Jul 09
    olifante
    Olifante *

    "We believe the web has won and over the next several years, the browser, for economic reasons almost, will become the platform that matters"

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    • We believe the web has won and over the next several years, the browser, for economic reasons almost, will become the platform that matters
  • 17 Jul 09
    joel
    Joel Liu

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    • Vic Gundotra, Google Engineering vice president and developer evangelist, (pictured centre) told the  Mobilebeat conference in  San Francisco on Thursday that the web had won and users of mobile phones would get their information and entertainment from browsers in future.


      He claimed that even Google was not rich enough to support all of the different mobile platforms from Apple’s AppStore to those of the BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Android and the many variations of the Nokia platform.

    • Mr Gundotra pointed out that the latest version of the Safari Webkit-based browser on the iPhone allowed positioning technology on the phone to be used - Google’s home page can now display where users are located.
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